[SOLVED] How to mount video cd in LinuxMint 9 Fluxbox
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anisha@aquarius ~ $ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=9a8bb95c-a4bb-4e35-9f6d-6e1ffea81213 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=a3d6b3f1-92aa-40f7-929f-9c1a34167f41 none swap sw 0 0
That's an fstab, but it has no entries pertaining to the scsi device
/dev/sr0.
I'm not familiar with mint, so can't really say anything about how
it does mounting of removable media. On slackware I have (because
I use fluxbox rather than KDE or anything else that uses HAL) an
entry in fstab that points at the internal DVD drive like so:
No, it wouldn't ... fstab is commonly a static file that gets
created during install, and altered by root. Chances that
having the cd in the drive made a difference to the output
you gave are pretty much non-existent.
and I also wonder why do you always keep the right side space of your posts empty
Thank you for all the help and does cdparanoia also help in copying videos?
and consider moving this thread to the Mint forum, please.
and I also wonder why do you always keep the right side space of your posts empty
I'm an old-fashioned doderer. Rules of typography suggest that a
column width of roughly 66 characters is most pleasant on the eye,
and easiest to read. Now, I'm not counting characters, but I feel
that the width I usually chose is "pleasant".
Quote:
Originally Posted by Anisha Kaul
Thank you for all the help and does cdparanoia also help in copying videos?
and consider moving this thread to the Mint forum, please.
No, it won't ... for vcd/dvd you'll need special (different) utils,
e.g., mencoder, dvdrip, ...
Mint doesn't have the mailing lists, and people
have not responded to this question on their
forums
I am beginning to lose hope now!
Have patience. Rome wasn't built in a day.
Quote:
If I install mencoder/dvdrip will they be able to
recognize the DVD in the drive and rip it?
Any special reason for not moving this to Mint
forum?
No, was just forgetful. Sorry - moving now.
As for "recognising": once you've established which is the dvd
drive your tools (cdparanoia, mencoder, ... ) will have no problem
reading, playing, ripping, ... the media in the drive.
As for "recognising": once you've established which is the dvd
drive ...
I asked that because I am not able to figure out
which is the dvd drive, so I thought those tools
might be smart enough to figure that out themselves?
I am expecting too much I suppose!
I asked that because I am not able to figure out
which is the dvd drive, so I thought those tools
might be smart enough to figure that out themselves?
I am expecting too much I suppose!
No, they're not that smart ;}
Assuming that the machine has been booted recently, and doesn't
have the ring buffer overflowing w/ udev or network messages:
Code:
dmesg | egrep "DVD|CD"
Alternatively:
Code:
egrep "DVD|CD" /var/log/{messages,syslog}
Maybe boot.log? I don't know the log-file structure of mint,
either. Those are files I'd look for/in in Slack or RHEL.
I would open a media player from a command line and tell it to play the CD and see what happens.
If it plays, I would enjoy the sounds.
If it doesn't, I would capture any error messages that are thrown to the command window.
I just inserted an audio CD into one of my optical drives.
In Nautilus, it appears in the sidebar as "Audio CD." I can play it in Totem (it appears in the Totem "Movie" menu as "Play audio disc"). But when I go to /media and /mnt and search around, I cannot see it. Linux does not seem to see it as regular storage media, but it sees it.
Video DVDs are different. They must be mounted to be played.
They should show up in a file manager with two subdirectories: AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS.
AUDIO_TS is normally empty (what it's there for I have no idea).
VIDEO_TS should contain files with various extensions including *.ifo, *.vob, and some others. If I remember correctly, the *.vob files are the actual videos and usually can be played directly in a media player, so long as the other files are present.
I have feeling--I hope this gives you no offense--I have a feeling that you are making this more complicated than it actually is and are consequently looking for dustbunnies in dark corners where there are no dustbunnies and no dark corners.
It is my experience that Linux does not do well with commercial video DVDs, what with DRM and all. It takes somersaults and handsprings to make Linux act like a DVD players, with functional menus and all that, but the *.vob files usually play.
Video DVDs are different. They must be mounted to be played.
They should show up in a file manager with two subdirectories: AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS.
....
I have feeling--I hope this gives you no offense--I have a feeling that you are making this more complicated than it actually is and are consequently looking for dustbunnies in dark corners where there are no dustbunnies and no dark corners.
Yes, they must be mounted to be played,
and that's the question of this thread:
how to mount them? I said it before too,
thunar doesn't show up anything when I
insert the VCD. Do you mean to say that
my DVD drive is damaged? But then I just
managed to run the Slackware DVD!
If there are no darkcorners and dustbunnies
then where are the VCDs?
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